Tag Archives: science

Who believes in the 90-9-1 rule?

A second question on LinkedIn from Dr Michael Wu, Principal Scientist at Lithium Technologies: Is there something more accurate and precise than the 90-9-1 rule out there? IMHO, Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient. Do you know anything else? The Economics of 90-9-1 My answer as part of yesterday’s Online Community Manager group discussion kind of [...]

Systemantics and online communities

The Fundamental Law of Administrative Workings (F.L.A.W.): Things are what they are reported to be. The real world is what it is reported to be. (That is, the system takes as given that things are as reported, regardless of the true state of affairs.)..

Science unveils hidden drivers of stock bubbles and crashes?

Science unveils hidden drivers of stock bubbles and crashes from PhysOrg.com Many economists believe that investors make decisions rationally, weighing up corporate data and other pricing signals to evaluate gain or risk before buying or selling stocks. [...]

Existence of water on Mars confirmed

By David A. FahrentholdWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, August 1, 2008 After years of proposing, theorizing and deducing that there is water on Mars — at least in the form of ice — NASA scientists said yesterday they have finally confirmed it, after the Phoenix lander detected traces of water vapor wafting off a scoop of [...]